1
: a portable platform for handling, storing, or moving materials and packages (as in warehouses, factories, or vehicles)
2
: a wooden flat-bladed instrument
3
: a lever or surface in a timepiece that receives an impulse from the escapement wheel and imparts motion to a balance or pendulum
1
: a straw-filled tick or mattress
2
: a small, hard, or temporary bed
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Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 13 June 2025
Rumors about pallets of bricks were also debunked after Black Lives Matter protests in 2020 and reemerged in 2021 during Kyle Rittenhouse's trial and 2022 during Roe v. Wade protests.
—Emma Li, CBS News, 11 June 2025
The suit says that the cabinet had thin legs and that it was placed on a worn wooden pallet.
—Minyvonne Burke, NBC news, 10 June 2025
Campbell said his model efficiently gets a lot of products directly to consumers without having to sift through pallets of goods to find what a shopper wants.
—Betty Lin-Fisher, USA Today, 5 June 2025
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Noun
There are pallets of frozen water bottles, bricks and concrete conveniently located for the rioters to access.
—Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 13 June 2025
Rumors about pallets of bricks were also debunked after Black Lives Matter protests in 2020 and reemerged in 2021 during Kyle Rittenhouse's trial and 2022 during Roe v. Wade protests.
—Emma Li, CBS News, 11 June 2025
The suit says that the cabinet had thin legs and that it was placed on a worn wooden pallet.
—Minyvonne Burke, NBC news, 10 June 2025
Campbell said his model efficiently gets a lot of products directly to consumers without having to sift through pallets of goods to find what a shopper wants.
—Betty Lin-Fisher, USA Today, 5 June 2025
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“Pallet.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pallet. Accessed 17 Jun. 2025.
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